Intubation System with Integrated Physiological Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional intubation systems face difficulties in clearly viewing the target site and intubation tube tip during intubation procedures, requiring users to switch between image displays and physiological parameter measurements, making it hard to easily access multiple sets of intubation information simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
An intubation system that integrates an imaging section near the intubation tube tip, a displaying section to show both in vivo images and physiological parameters, and a storage section to associate and store these data, allowing for easy access and synchronization of intubation information, including a detecting section to determine tube insertability and a notification system for physiological parameter thresholds.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the intubation support apparatus displays in vivo images on a separate displaying section, then the target site and tip end portion can be clearly viewed, but the user must shift gaze between the displaying section and measurement apparatuses, making it difficult to easily know multiple sets of intubation information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the display of in vivo images and physiological parameters into a single integrated display interface. The image processing section synthesizes the endoscopic image with physiological parameter information, allowing the operator to view both types of information simultaneously on one display without shifting gaze between separate devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The display section serves multiple functions by simultaneously presenting both visual imaging data and physiological parameter data. This multi-functional display eliminates the need for separate displaying sections for different types of intubation information, improving operational efficiency.
2Loss of information
If the intubation apparatus includes separate imaging section and measurement apparatuses, then comprehensive intubation information can be obtained, but the device complexity increases and requires multiple separate components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the imaging section and measurement apparatus into a unified system where both components work together under common control. The image processing section receives data from both the imaging sensor and physiological parameter sensors, combining them into a single integrated display output.
Solution Approach 2:
The image processing section acts as an intermediary that receives and integrates data from both the imaging section and measurement apparatuses. It processes and synthesizes this information before presenting it on the display, serving as a central hub that reduces overall system complexity.
3Loss of time
If the imaging section is placed near the tip end portion of the inserting section, then real-time in vivo images can be captured during intubation, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging section is nested within or integrated into the inserting section structure. By placing the imaging components within the existing intubation apparatus framework, the patent achieves real-time imaging capability without significantly increasing overall device complexity.
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AI summary
An intubation system includes a measurement apparatus that measures physiological parameter of a subject by a measuring section, an intubation apparatus that includes an imaging section placed in a vicinity of a tip end portion of an inserting section to be inserted from a mouth of the subject toward a target site, an intubation displaying section that is disposed integrally with or separately from the intubation apparatus and is connected to the imaging section and the measuring section to display an in vivo image that is taken by the imaging section along with the physiological parameter that is measured by the measuring section, and an overall storage section that stores the in vivo image and physiological parameter that are displayed on the intubation displaying section, in an associated manner.